Keith we have had over 7 inches of rain since 3pm on Chrismas Day with a break of 2 fine days just before New Year. The worst of the flooding is North, South and West of Gympie. 40% of Rockhampton is flooded and the township of Theodore to the west has been fully evacuated. Some places have had their years worth of rain fall since Christmas Day. A lot of the citizens of Emerald (a small city) have also been taken out by Army Blackhawk helicoptors. Water is still flowing downstream and Rockhampton and Bundaberg are set to get much worse as are some other areas with rivers still to reach their peak. Damage is estimated at close to 2 billion dollars and set to rise once the water is gone. That is if it does as the forecasts show more rain on the way. An area the size of New South Wales is under water or the size of France and Germany for the European members.
But spirits are still up and I don't mean the liquid kind either
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Cheers
Cliff Hutchings
aka MrRoo S.I.R.
"and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night"
MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE"